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There are many ways to add extra power and strength to our spells and enchantments. Magickal knowledge has been passed down through thru the ages to help us do this. What many witches and other magickal folk refer to as “correspondences” are various colors, objects, scents, deities, oils, tarot cards, herbs, crystals or anything else that symbolizes our intended magickal outcome. I like to think of these items as arrows directed at a target. This process of using symbols is sometimes called “sympathetic magick”. In other words, these items have a sympathetic link to the desired goal. It is speculated that the theory of sympathetic magick was first developed in the late 1800’s by Richard Andree, as explained by Sir James George Frazer in his book, The Golden Bough.Frazer writes:

“If we analyze the principles of thought on which magic is based, they will probably be found to resolve themselves into two: first, that like produces like, or that an effect resembles its cause; and, second, that things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed. The former principle may be called the Law of Similarity, the latter the Law of Contact or Contagion. From the first of these principles, namely the Law of Similarity, the magician infers that he can produce any effect he desires merely by imitating it: from the second he infers that whatever he does to a material object will affect equally the person with whom the object was once in contact, whether it formed part of his body or not”.

Where the traditional correspondences we use today came from is a matter of debate. I believe they are culled from many ancient sources, including Agrippa’s Three Books of Occult Philosophy, originally published in 1531. This is certainly where our ‘Planetary Hours’ came from, as I happen to own a copy of the Three Books, which contains a Planetary Hours chart.

So what does all this mean to you as a magickal practitioner? What it means is that there many tools at your disposal that you can use to add energy to your spells. The study of correspondences and sympathetic magick could literally take volumes, and a website all to itself, so for now we will focus on what are known as “Daily Correspondences”.

Each day of the week contains it’s own special magick and specific correspondences. Tapping into these energies when casting your spells will ensure greater success of your desired outcome. These correspondences have been used for so long because they work. While it is also true that some correspondences can be individualized or changed (as some of them can mean different things to different people), we must take care not to stray too far away from a system that has worked for so long, for so many. It is the “momentum of the past”, as Raven Grimassi writes, and I love this description. When you use the color Red on a Friday for love, you are connecting to the same flow of energy used by all other magickal practitioners of past and present who are also using Red on a Friday for love. That is a lot of energy to call upon!

Here are some of the traditional correspondences for each day of the week. There are many more that can be included in each category, but I will list just a few. I am not including the deities here, since I work with the same deities on a regular basis, and I’m not fond of calling on deities randomly just because it’s their day of the week. At the end of this article, I have listed other resources for further study.

Herbs, Flowers and Plants: Belladonna, Hellebore, Wolf’s Bane, Datura, Yew (Note: These are highly poisonous and must be with used with caution). Non-poisonous substitutes are Comfrey, Elm, Pansy and Solomon’s Seal.

These are some of the traditional magickal associations for each day of the week. So, what if you’d like to do magick for prosperity, but you don’t want to wait until Thursday? You could use the strength of Mars on a Tuesday, or remove those financial obstacles on a Saturday. If you can’t wait for the perfect day, just use whatever energies are present when you need them.

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Rik Potter is a modern witch, author, teacher and member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. He has been a practitioner of the magical arts and a seeker of the old ways for nearly 30 years. On this website, he shares stories and lessons from his personal journey along the ancient paths of Druidry, Witchcraft and Celtic Paganism. Rik lives with his partner in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.